The Wild Reed

Thoughts & interests of a queer seeker of the Divine Presence;
of a “soul dancer,” seeking to embody with grace and verve
the mystico-prophetic spiritual tradition

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Inayat Khan and the Sufi Message

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My exploration of – and walking on – the mystical path known as the Sufi Way continues with my sharing this evening of an excerpt from the ...
Monday, July 20, 2026

Chase T. M. Anderson: “‘Queer’ Has Become One of the Most Elegant and Powerful Words I Use to Describe Myself”

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I appreciate the July 18 op-ed in The Advocate by Chase T. M. Anderson ( right ). Entitled “ I’m Queer, Not Gay. It Matters ,” Anderson’s p...
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Sunday, July 19, 2026

The Serpent: Not the Enemy of Ascension But Its Guardian

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No tree can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell. – Carl Jung T he higher you rise, the deeper you must have gone first. ...
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Saturday, July 18, 2026

Quote of the Day

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S tephen Miller stood in front of representatives from more than 60 countries this week and called left-wing politics a “fatal cancer of ci...
Thursday, July 16, 2026

Remembering the Romanovs

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It’s the 108th anniversary of the murder of the Romanov family – Tsar Nicholas II , Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodovnora , Tsarevich Alexei , and ...

“Hazardous for Everyone”

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I f you woke up to your neighborhood smelling like campfire, you’re not alone. Poor air quality is forecast for nearly all of Minnesota T...
Monday, July 13, 2026

Mark Greene on How ICE Is a Weapon of the Epstein Class

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ICE has killed yet another person – a 25-year-old Columbian man in Biddleford, Maine. According to initial reports , this young man, who ...
Friday, July 10, 2026

“The World Is Watching”: Salazar Felicita on the Killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo

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N o body cameras. An unmarked vehicle. Officers in civilian clothing. A man is dead. Stop arguing for just a moment, and let that sink in...
Thursday, July 09, 2026

I Am One With the Beloved

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I share this morning two expressions of wisdom and beauty. The first is my adaptation of Lesson 124 of A Course in Miracles – Volume II:...
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Michael J. Bayly
Born and raised in Australia, I now reside in the U.S. where from 2003-2015 I served as the executive coordinator of the Catholic Pastoral Committee on Sexual Minorities (CPCSM). During this time I also helped found both The Progressive Catholic Voice and the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform.

I established The Wild Reed in 2006 as a sign of solidarity with all who are dedicated to living lives of integrity – though, in particular, with gay people seeking to be true to both the gift of their sexuality and their Catholic faith. The Wild Reed's original by-line read, “Thoughts and reflections from a progressive, gay, Catholic perspective.” As you can see, it reads differently now. This is because my journey has, in many ways, taken me beyond, or perhaps better still, deeper into the realities that the words “progressive,” “gay,” and “Catholic” seek to describe.
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